diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index da01136..b2d9a56 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 endif
 
 ccflags-y := -fpic -fno-builtin -I$(obj)
-asflags-y := -Wa,-march=all
+asflags-y :=
 
 # Supply kernel BSS size to the decompressor via a linker symbol.
 KBSS_SZ = $(shell size $(obj)/../../../../vmlinux | awk 'END{print $$3}')
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 9c18ebd..3c8d009 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 
+	.arch   armv7-a
 /*
  * Debugging stuff
  *